Practical Money Skills offers financial education for kids, adults and teachers. Developed by Visa in partnership with consumer advocates, educators and financial institutions, the site contains articles, advice, financial planning tools and links to financial education material.
Fed101 is an interactive Web site of the Federal Reserve that’s full of information about how the government guides the economy. There are several lessons, activities, games and quizzes for student enrichment and general knowledge. Click on Teacher Resources for an excellent economics search engine.
Council for Economic Education offers 20 American standards for teaching economics, with links to lesson plans and benchmarks for each one.
PBS’ Social Studies section contains more than 180 resources on economics aimed at high school students, including lesson plans, videos, online activities and more.
The Economics Search Engine is a custom search engine that only searches 23,000 Web sites recommended by associations of economists.
Resources
School House Rock
http://learni.st/users/becker/boards/450-beginner-economics
Library of Economics and Liberty
http://www.econlib.org/library/Topics/HighSchool/HighSchoolTopics.html
Resources for Econ Teachers
Econ Games
http://www.econoclass.com/
Foundation for Teaching Economics
http://www.fte.org/
Council for Economic Education
National Economic Challenge
http://www.councilforeconed.org/events/national-economics-challenge/
California Council for Economic Education
LOTS of Econ Resources
http://www.ccee.org/economics-resources/
Econedlink
Economics and Personal Finance Resources for k-12
http://www.econedlink.org/
US Gov Econ Resources
http://www.economagic.com/
Stock Market Game
http://www.smg2000.org/
Economy at a Glance
US Dept of Labor
http://stats.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm
US Department of Treasury
http://www.treasury.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Wallstreet Journal Classroom Edition
http://classroom.wsj.com/
Microloans
Kiva
http://www.kiva.org/start
The Great Divide: Global Income Equality and its Cost
http://www.globalpost.com/special-reports/global-income-inequality-great-divide-globalpost
Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks
A map of income and rents in every neighborhood in every city in America
http://www.richblockspoorblocks.com/
Practical Money Skills offers financial education for kids, adults and teachers. Developed by Visa in partnership with consumer advocates, educators and financial institutions, the site contains articles, advice, financial planning tools and links to financial education material.
Fed101 is an interactive Web site of the Federal Reserve that’s full of information about how the government guides the economy. There are several lessons, activities, games and quizzes for student enrichment and general knowledge. Click on Teacher Resources for an excellent economics search engine.
Council for Economic Education offers 20 American standards for teaching economics, with links to lesson plans and benchmarks for each one.
PBS’ Social Studies section contains more than 180 resources on economics aimed at high school students, including lesson plans, videos, online activities and more.
The Economics Search Engine is a custom search engine that only searches 23,000 Web sites recommended by associations of economists.